Hi, Does anybody have any experience of running a closed consultation for a development plan at an early stage? It has been suggested that we could 'check' the views of the public on issues facing the area and growth via a 1to1 interview technique. Questions could be explained in detail, which could help formulate richer responses and it would be pre-designed to be as representative of people across the area - not just of age, ethnicity, disability etc but of location and whether a homeowner or not a business or resident etc. There is a school of thought within the Council that this may reflect people's opinions better than previous consultations which are mainly those opposed to development. Clearly though, a wider public consultation would need to be run at some point as well on the same subject.
